The underlying reasons were: first, that the greater trade and investment of recent years had bypassed the majority of developing countries; second, that the gains from liberalization had been blatantly asymmetrical in favour of the developed countries, as areas of trade in which developing countries had particular interest, such as textiles, agriculture and the movement of persons were being liberalized at a much slower pace than those which were of greater economic interest to the developed economies, such as information technology and telecommunications; and third, that globalization had been accompanied by an accentuation of income disparities amongst and within countries, with obvious negative implications for large population segments.
En segundo lugar, la mundialización favorece exageradamente a los países desarrollados. Las cuestiones que interesan particularmente a los países en desarrollo, es decir, el textil, la agricultura y los desplazamientos de personas, se liberalizan mucho más lentamente que las que interesan a los países desarrollados, por ejemplo, las tecnologías de la información y las telecomunicaciones.